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Hilton Head Island Fire and Rescue

Hilton Head Island, SC · Beaufort County. Hilton Head Island Fire and Rescue is a fire department and 39 total personnel. The department also provides EMS services. According to the HIFLD fire-station federal registry (as of 2026-09), full equipment, coverage, and staffing data are below.

39
Total personnel
Not reported
Stations
Not reported
Fire trucks
Yes
EMS service

The verdict

Hilton Head Island Fire and Rescue pairs above-median national personnel with a headcount well above the South Carolina average.

Top 29%
national personnel size
+56%
vs. South Carolina average
$773,061
FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on record

National percentile ranks this department's personnel headcount against every listable U.S. department with reported staffing; the state comparison uses the same personnel figure against its own state's average. Both feed the verdict sentence and the chips above.

B
PlainFireData Composite Score
64/100
Hilton Head Island Fire and Rescue

A staffing, equipment, EMS-integration, and federal-grant-funding composite benchmarked against every other USFA-registered department nationally, not a safety rating, response-time measure, or comparison of fire risk. Dimensions with no data on file are excluded and their weight redistributed, never counted as zero.

Staffing capacity
No station count on file for this department
Equipment readiness
No vehicle count on file for this department
EMS integration
No EMS staffing breakdown on file
Federal investment B
$19,822 in AFG grant funding per staff member (national median $11,875, among departments with a grant on file)
39 personnel

Hilton Head Island Fire and Rescue is a fire department serving Hilton Head Island, SC (Beaufort County) and 39 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #6,521 of 22,440. Cumulative FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on record: $773,061.

  • National personnel rank #6,521 of 22,440
  • SC personnel rank #78 of 473
  • EMS provider (HIFLD)
  • 9 other listed departments in Beaufort County

Hilton Head Island Fire and Rescue vs. the national personnel distribution

Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department

39 Top 29% higher than 71% of 22,440 departments

Listable U.S. fire departments, banded by total personnel

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Source HIFLD fire-station registry · 2026-09-06

Dispatch plate

Sheet SC-HILTON-HEAD-ISLAND-FIRE-AND-RESCUE-SC · Hilton Head Island Fire and Rescue, SC 39 personnel

PERS-SMALL · STA-UNK · TYPE-OTHER · EMS-Y · RANK-UPPER · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-MID · BOOK-PART

  • PERS-SMALL 39
  • STA-UNK Stations pending
  • TYPE-OTHER Uncoded type
  • EMS-Y EMS on file
  • RANK-UPPER #6,521
  • PHOTO-FINISH ≈ 287 Richland Cham…
  • FEMA-MID $773K
  • BOOK-PART 3/5 fields

Nearest personnel peer: 287 Richland Chambers Fire and Rescue, TX (+ 0 personnel)

Instrument codes from this department’s HIFLD personnel and station counts, staffing type, EMS flag, listable personnel rank, photo-finish peer department, FEMA AFG/SAFER book, and field completeness, not a readiness rating.

Personnel neighbourhood

Nationwide HIFLD headcount poles and nearest peers, not a reprint of every SC department.

Department Profile

Type
Location
Hilton Head Island, SC

FEMA Grant History

$773K
Cumulative funding (FY2015–2021)
2
Awards
Year Award Amount
2021 EMW-2021-FG-01767 $393,699.81
2015 EMW2014FO01378 $379,361

Source: USAspending.gov (CFDA 97.044 AFG / 97.083 SAFER)

Staffing vs the South Carolina average

How Hilton Head Island Fire and Rescue's personnel count compares to the typical department in South Carolina. In-state it ranks #78 of 473 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #6,521 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.

▲ 56% above the state average
Stations
Not reported
State fire deaths/yr
75
SC departments
689

County roster fringe

Hilton Head Island Fire and Rescue is 6.8% of Beaufort County roster mass

The county lists 17 departments totaling 571 personnel, so this roster is a small slice; 47% of county departments show EMS coverage. County / state rollup.

Photo-finish peer: 287 Richland Chambers Fire and Rescue, TX (+0 personnel).

Nearby Departments

Bluffton Township Fire District
Bluffton · career
Burton Fire District
Beaufort · other
Daufuskie Island Fire District
Daufuskie Island · volunteer
Fripp Island Fire Department
Fripp Island · volunteer
Parris Island Fire Rescue-Dod
Parris Island · career
Sheldon Township Fire Department
Seabrook · volunteer
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Nationwide departments near 39 personnel

Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every SC department.

287 Richland Chambers Fire and Rescue, TX 39 Alvaton Volunteer Fire Department, KY 39 Axtell Community Ambulance Service, KS 39 Benbrook Fire Department, TX 39

Frequently Asked Questions

How many firefighters does Hilton Head Island Fire and Rescue have?

Hilton Head Island Fire and Rescue has 39 total personnel according to HIFLD data. This is 56% above the South Carolina average of 25 per department. Among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel, it ranks #6,521 of 22,440 by total personnel (same basis as the largest-departments ranking). Within SC, it ranks #78 of 473 by personnel.

Does Hilton Head Island Fire and Rescue provide EMS services?

Yes, Hilton Head Island Fire and Rescue provides Emergency Medical Services (EMS) in addition to fire response.

How many fire stations does Hilton Head Island Fire and Rescue operate?

Station count data for Hilton Head Island Fire and Rescue is not available in the HIFLD database.

What type of fire department is Hilton Head Island Fire and Rescue?

Hilton Head Island Fire and Rescue is a fire department serving Beaufort County, SC.

Has Hilton Head Island Fire and Rescue received federal grants?

Yes, Hilton Head Island Fire and Rescue has received 2 FEMA grants totaling $773,060.81 in cumulative AFG and SAFER awards across FY2015–2021 (sum of all recorded award years, not a single-year figure). The most recent award year in our extract is FY2021.

How many fire departments are in South Carolina?

South Carolina has 689 fire departments with 17,475 total personnel. 49% are volunteer departments.

Related guides

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HIFLD/USFA registry extract, informational only, not a readiness rating.